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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance Counties

Skin Cancer Prevention

When the youngest child in your household is outdoors during the summer for at least half an hour,
how often does s/he stay in an area protected by shade

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  Total
Respond.^
Always Nearly always Sometimes Seldom Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,807 2,000 52.1 50.2-54.1 831 22.8 21.2-24.5 568 14.1 12.8-15.5 135 3.9 3.2- 4.8 273 7.1 6.1- 8.1
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 112 52 42.2 32.7-52.3 28 29.3 20.6-39.8 20 15.8 9.8-24.5 3 3.6 1.1-10.9 9 9.1 4.3-18.1
GENDER
Male 38 16 36.8 22.9-53.4 12 32.6 19.1-49.8 6 16.7 7.6-32.9 1 2.3 0.3-14.5 3 11.6 3.6-31.4
Female 74 36 46.4 34.4-58.9 16 26.7 16.5-40.2 14 15.1 8.4-25.7 2 4.7 1.2-17.2 6 7.1 3.1-15.6
RACE
White 64 37 55.9 42.5-68.6 18 31.2 20.1-45.0 8 11.7 5.3-23.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.2 0.2- 7.8
Other 48 15 24.6 14.2-39.0 10 26.8 14.6-43.8 12 21.1 11.5-35.6 3 8.3 2.6-23.2 8 19.3 9.0-36.6
AGE
18-44 88 41 42.5 31.9-53.8 23 30.9 21.0-42.9 16 17.8 10.7-28.3 2 3.3 0.8-12.5 6 5.5 2.3-12.3
45+ 23 10 39.6 20.8-62.1 5 23.5 9.8-46.4 4 7.9 2.7-20.8 1 5.1 0.7-28.7 3 24.0 7.7-54.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 62 22 33.3 22.0-46.8 18 32.8 21.2-46.9 12 14.8 7.8-26.3 3 6.3 2.0-18.3 7 12.8 5.5-27.2
Some College + 50 30 54.1 38.9-68.6 10 24.7 13.2-41.2 8 17.1 8.3-32.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.1 1.0-15.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 62 27 39.3 27.2-52.8 14 29.1 17.8-43.7 14 19.4 10.9-32.2 3 6.9 2.2-19.6 4 5.3 1.9-14.2
$50,000+ 29 13 38.8 22.8-57.7 9 37.6 20.7-58.2 4 12.2 4.2-30.6 0 0.0 . - . 3 11.4 3.5-31.1

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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